re: Tesla win in North Carolina paves the way for direct-to-consumer sales (Posted on 6/27/13 at 3:07 pm to weisertiger)

quote:If Tesla becomes a huge success, and redefines the automobile industry, do you think it would have a large enough impact on the oil and gas industry to put a significant number of Americans out of jobs?

0.00% chance

Tesla didn't find an alternate source of energy, they just make expensive electric cars

re: Tesla win in North Carolina paves the way for direct-to-consumer sales (Posted on 6/27/13 at 3:13 pm to weisertiger)

quote:If Tesla becomes a huge success, and redefines the automobile industry, do you think it would have a large enough impact on the oil and gas industry to put a signifant number of Americans out of jobs?

Possibly in the long term, but absolutely not in our lifetimes imo. O&G is used in a LOT more than powering our cars.

re: Tesla win in North Carolina paves the way for direct-to-consumer sales (Posted on 6/27/13 at 3:47 pm to barry)

quote:quote: If Tesla becomes a huge success, and redefines the automobile industry, do you think it would have a large enough impact on the oil and gas industry to put a significant number of Americans out of jobs?

0.00% chance

Tesla didn't find an alternate source of energy, they just make expensive electric cars

Not to mention, you don't honestly believe the oil companies arent investing billions of dollars a year in alternative energy research? You think Exxon is just going to wake up tomorrow and go "Welp, were out of oil. Its been a good run, world."

I've see the study posted on here where it actually costs more fossil fuels to manufacture an electric car than a gasoline car.

quote:A 2012 comprehensive life-cycle analysis in Journal of Industrial Ecology shows that almost half the lifetime carbon-dioxide emissions from an electric car come from the energy used to produce the car, especially the battery. The mining of lithium, for instance, is a less than green activity. By contrast, the manufacture of a gas-powered car accounts for 17% of its lifetime carbon-dioxide emissions. When an electric car rolls off the production line, it has already been responsible for 30,000 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. The amount for making a conventional car: 14,000 pounds